Barcelona have been officially charged with corruption by Spanish prosecutors in regards to payments made to former vice-president of the referees' committee, Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira, who is accused of favouring the La Liga club in the decisions taken by referees. According to reports, Barcelona paid more than EUR7.3m to businesses owned by Negreira between 2001 and 2018.

The complaint also targeted two of the club’s former presidents - Sandro Rosell and Josep Maria Bartomeu - and claims they reached a "confidential verbal agreement" with Negreira to financially benefit from his influence on refs over the match results. Barcelona have denied the accusation and stated that the payments were for a "technical report related to professional refereeing process" - however a judge has yet to decide on whether to proceed with the case.

Inspectors from the Spanish Tax Agency